Candidates in the 2024 Irish general election

This page lists the candidates in the 2024 Irish general election. ^{[1] [2]}

Parties

There are 685 candidates running in the 2024 general election. 248 of the candidates contesting are women, making up a record 36% of the total. There are 171 independent candidates. The five-seater Louth constituency has the most candidates at 25, while the three-seater Wicklow-Wexford constituency has the fewest at 10. 20 registered political parties are fielding candidates. Five parties are running in every constituency: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, Aontú and the Green Party. ^[3]

Parties		Candidates	Constituencies
	Fianna Fáil	82	43
	Fine Gael	80	43
	Sinn Féin	71	43
	Aontú	43	43
	Green	43	43
	PBP–Solidarity	42 [a]	42
	Labour	32	31
	Independent Ireland	28	23
	Social Democrats	26	25
	The Irish People	21 [b]	21
	Irish Freedom Party	16	16
	National Party	9 [b]	9
	Liberty Republic	6	6
	Centre Party	3	3
	Independents 4 Change	3	3
	Party for Animal Welfare	3	3
	Rabharta	3	3
	Ireland First	2 [b]	2
	Right to Change	1	1
	100% Redress	1	1
	Independent	171 [c]	43

1. 33 candidates are from People Before Profit and 9 candidates are from Solidarity
2. Member party of National Alliance
3. 2 candidates are members of National Alliance

Candidates

^  *: Outgoing TD
^  #: Member of the 26th Seanad
^  ‡: Previously a member of the Dáil or Seanad
^  §: Returned automatically without standing for election as outgoing Ceann Comhairle , in accordance with Article 16.6 of the Constitution of Ireland .

Constituency	Fianna Fáil	Sinn Féin	Fine Gael	Green	Labour	Social Democrats	PBP–Solidarity	Independent Ireland	Aontú	Independent	Others
Carlow–Kilkenny [4] (5 seats)	Peter Cleere John McGuinness [*] Jennifer Murnane O'Connor [*]	Áine Gladney Knox Natasha Newsome Drennan	Catherine Callaghan Michael Doyle David Fitzgerald	Malcolm Noonan [*]	Seán Ó hArgáin	Patricia Stephenson	Adrienne Wallace		Gary O'Neill	Tom Healy Eugene McGuinness Luke O'Connor [a] John O'Leary Noel G. Walsh	Orla Donohoe (IFP) David Egan (LR)
Cavan–Monaghan [5] (5 seats)	Robbie Gallagher [#] Brendan Smith [*] Niamh Smyth [*]	Cathy Bennett Matt Carthy [*] Pauline Tully [*]	Carmel Brady David Maxwell T.P. O'Reilly	Eddie O'Gara			Emma Hendrick	Shane P. O'Reilly	Sarah O'Reilly	Feargal Deery Joseph Duffy Lester Gordon Jimmy Mee	Val Martin (IFP) Mark Moore (NP) Shane Mulligan (LR)
Clare [6] (4 seats)	Cathal Crowe [*] Timmy Dooley [#] Rita McInerney	Donna McGettigan	Leonora Carey Joe Cooney Tom Nolan	Róisín Garvey [#]		Hilary Tonge	Caitríona Ní Chatháin	Eddie Punch	June Dillon	Kevin Hassett Amanda Major Matthew Moroney Paddy Murphy Violet-Anne Wynne	Michael Leahy (IFP) Michael Loughrey (IP) Barry O'Donovan (Rabh)
Cork East [7] (4 seats)	Deirdre O'Brien James O'Connor [*]	Pat Buckley [*] Mehdi Özçınar	Noel McCarthy Mark Stanton	Clíona O'Halloran		Liam Quaide	Asch Ní Fhinn	Kathryn Bermingham Catherine Lynch	Mona Stromsoe	Ross Cannon Mary Linehan Foley John O'Leary William O'Leary Frank Roche	James Peter O'Sullivan (IP)
Cork North-Central [8] (5 seats)	Tony Fitzgerald Sandra Murphy Kelleher Pádraig O'Sullivan [*]	Thomas Gould [*] Joe Lynch	Colm Burke [*] Imelda Daly Garret Kelleher	Oliver Moran	Eoghan Kenny John Maher	Susan Doyle Ciarán McCarthy	Mick Barry [*]	Ken O'Flynn	Finian Toomey	Martin Condon John Donohoe Rachel Hurley Roche [b] Joseph Gerard Peters	Derek Blighe (IF)
Cork North-West [9] (3 seats)	Aindrias Moynihan [*] Michael Moynihan [*]	Nicole Ryan	Michael Creed John Paul O'Shea	Colette Finn			Joe Moore	Ellen Barry	Becky Kealy	John O'Leary Walter Ryan-Purcell
Cork South-Central [10] (5 seats)	Margaret Kenneally Micheál Martin [*] Séamus McGrath	Michelle Cowhey Shahid Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire [*]	Jerry Buttimer [#] Úna McCarthy Shane O'Callaghan	Monica Oikeh	Laura Harmon	Pádraig Rice	Shane Laird	Veronica Houlihan Valerie Ward	Anna Daly	Graham de Barra Paudie Dineen Tony Field Mick Finn John O'Leary	Lorna Bogue (Rabh) Ted Neville (NP)
Cork South-West [11] (3 seats)	Christopher O'Sullivan [*]	Claire O'Callaghan Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha	Tim Lombard [#] Noel O'Donovan	Mary Ryder	Evie Nevin	Holly Cairns [*]	Zoe Laplaud	Michael Collins [*]	Mairead Ruane	Alan Coleman John O'Leary	Deborah O'Driscoll (IP)
Donegal [12] (5 seats)	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher [‡] Claudia Kennedy Charlie McConalogue [*]	Pearse Doherty [*] Noel Jordan Pádraig Mac Lochlainn [*]	Nikki Bradley [#] John McNulty	Nuala Carr			Carol Gallagher		Mary T. Sweeney	Vincent J Bradley Niall McConnell Arthur McGuinness Gerry McKeever Frank O'Donnell Thomas Pringle [*]	Eamon McGee (IFP) Kim McMenamin (IP) Charles Ward (100%R)
Dublin Bay North [13] (5 seats)	Tom Brabazon Deirdre Heney	Denise Mitchell [*] Mícheál Mac Donncha	Naoise Ó Muirí Aoibhinn Tormey	David Healy	Shane Folan	Cian O'Callaghan [*]	Bernard Mulvany		James Morris	Michael Burke Kevin Coyle [a] Stephen Doyle Brian Garrigan Barry Heneghan John Lyons Jamie McGlue Diarmaid Ó Conoráin	Paul Fitzsimons (IFP)
Dublin Bay South [14] (4 seats)	Jim O'Callaghan [*]	Chris Andrews [*]	Emma Blain James Geoghegan	Hazel Chu	Ivana Bacik [*]	Eoin Hayes	Brigid Purcell		Alan Healy	Nick Delehanty Peter Dooley Mannix Flynn David Hennessy John Keigher Kate O'Connell [‡] Daniel Pocock	Lauralee Doyle (IP)
Dublin Central [15] (4 seats)	Mary Fitzpatrick [#]	Janice Boylan Mary Lou McDonald [*]	Paschal Donohoe [*]	Neasa Hourigan [*]	Marie Sherlock [#]	Gary Gannon [*]	Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin		Ian Noel Smyth	Gerry Hutch Kevin Sharkey Malachy Steenson	Clare Daly [‡] (I4C) Andrew Kelly (CP)
Dublin Fingal East [16] (3 seats)	Manju Devi Darragh O'Brien [*]	Ann Graves	Alan Farrell [*]	Ian Carey	Duncan Smith [*]	Joan Hopkins	Bryn Edwards		Margaret McGovern	Tony Donnelly Darren Kelly Fergal O Connell	Victoria Byrne (IFP) Ben Gilroy (LR) Dean Mulligan (I4C)
Dublin Fingal West [17] (3 seats)	Lorraine Clifford-Lee [#]	Louise O'Reilly [*]	Grace Boland	Joe O'Brien [*]	Robert O'Donoghue		Ollie Power		Robbie Loughlin	Tony Murphy Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor	Ben Gilroy (LR) John Oakes (IFP) Mark Parsons (IP)
Dublin Mid-West [18] (5 seats)	Shane Moynihan Lynda Prendergast	Eoin Ó Broin [*] [c] Mark Ward [*]	Vicki Casserly Emer Higgins [*]	Karla Doran	Francis Timmons	Eoin Ó Broin [c]	Gino Kenny [*]	Linda de Courcy	Colm Quinn	Paul Gogarty [‡] Alan Hayes Seanan Ó Coistín	Robert Coyle (IP) Glen Moore (IFP)
Dublin North-West [19] (3 seats)	Paul McAuliffe [*]	Cathleen Carney Boud Dessie Ellis [*]	Noel Rock [‡]	Caroline Conroy	John Nisbet	Rory Hearne	Conor Reddy		Edward McManus	Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais Gavin Pepper	Ian Croft (CP) Stephen Redmond (NP)
Dublin Rathdown [20] (4 seats)	Shay Brennan Elaine Dunne	Shaun Tracey	Maeve O'Connell Neale Richmond [*]	Catherine Martin [*]	Lettie McCarthy	Sinéad Gibney	Síomha Ní Aonghusa		Liam Coughlan	Kevin Daly Michael Fleming Conor Murphy Alan Shatter [‡]	Garrett McCafferty (NP)
Dublin South-Central [21] (4 seats)	Catherine Ardagh [#]	Máire Devine [‡] Daithí Doolan Aengus Ó Snodaigh [*]	Mary Seery Kearney [#]	Patrick Costello [*]	Darragh Moriarty	Jen Cummins	Hazel De Nortúin	Rebecca Hendrick Philip Sutcliffe Snr	Aisling Considine	Richard Murray Dolores Webster	Jina Ahearne (IP) Joan Collins [*] (RTC) John Paul Murphy (Rabh) Barry Ward (IFP)
Dublin South-West [22] (5 seats)	Teresa Costello John Lahart [*]	Seán Crowe [*] Niamh Whelan	Sarah Barnes Colm Brophy [*]	Francis Noel Duffy [*]	Ciarán Ahern	Ross O'Mullane	Paul Murphy [*]		Saoirse Ní Chónaráin	Alan Edge Niall Hade Paddy Holohan Colm O'Keeffe	Yan Mac Oireachtaigh (NP)
Dublin West [23] (5 seats)	Jack Chambers [*] Lorna Nolan	Paul Donnelly [*] Breda Hanaphy	Emer Currie [#]	Roderic O'Gorman [*]	John Walsh	Ellen Murphy	Ruth Coppinger [‡]		Ellen Troy	Umar Al-Qadri Susanne Delaney Tania Doyle Natalie Treacy	Patrick Quinlan (NP)
Dún Laoghaire [24] (4 seats)	Cormac Devlin [*]	Shane O'Brien	Jennifer Carroll MacNeill [*] Barry Ward [#]	Ossian Smyth [*]	Martha Fanning	Hugo Mills	Richard Boyd Barrett [*]		Mairéad Tóibín	Michael O'Doherty	Cathy Lynch (IP)
Galway East [25] (4 seats)	Albert Dolan Anne Rabbitte [*]	Louis O'Hara	Clodagh Higgins Niamh Madden Pete Roche	Eoin Madden			Conor Burke	Declan Geraghty	Luke Silke	Seán Canney [*] Fergal Landy Paul Madden	David O'Reilly (IP)
Galway West [26] (5 seats)	John Connolly Gráinne Seoige	Mairéad Farrell [*]	Seán Kyne [#] Hildegarde Naughton [*]	Pauline O'Reilly [#]	Helen Ogbu	Eibhlín Seoighthe	Maisie McMaster	Noel Thomas	Pádraig Lenihan	Catherine Connolly [*] Mike Cubbard Patrick Feeney Noel Grealish [*]	AJ Cahill (IP) Doran McMahon (IFP)
Kerry [27] (5 seats)	Michael Cahill Norma Foley [*] Linda Gordon-Kelleher	Pa Daly [*] Stephanie O'Shea	Billy O'Shea	Cleo Murphy	Mike Kennedy		Cian Prendiville	Tom McEllistrim [‡]	Catherina O'Sullivan	Mary Fitzgibbon Danny Healy-Rae [*] Michael Healy-Rae [*] Michelle Keane John O'Leary	Brandon Begley (IFP)
Kildare North [28] (5 seats)	James Lawless [*] Naoise Ó Cearúil	Réada Cronin [*] Caroline Hogan	Bernard Durkan [*] Joe Neville Evie Sammon	Vincent P. Martin [#]	Angela Feeney	Aidan Farrelly	Leah Whelan		Una O'Connor	Bill Clear	Avril Corcoran (IP) Sean Gill (CP) Gerry Waters (IFP)
Kildare South [29] (4 seats)	Seán Ó Fearghaíl [§] Fiona O'Loughlin [#]	Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh	Martin Heydon [*]	Monaa K. Sood	Mark Wall [#]	Chris Pender	Rob Cosgrave	William Carton Edel Doran	Melissa Byrne	Cathal Berry [*] Tom McDonnell Leanne O'Neill Patricia Ryan [*]	Anthony Casey (IFP)
Laois [30] (3 seats)	Seán Fleming [*] Austin Stack	Maria McCormack	Willie Aird	Rosie Palmer			Ken Mooney		Mary Hand	Pauline Flanagan Jason Lynch Aisling Moran Elaine Mullally Brian Stanley [*]
Limerick City [31] (4 seats)	Willie O'Dea [*] Dee Ryan	Paul Gavan [#] Maurice Quinlivan [*]	Maria Byrne [#] Kieran O'Donnell [*]	Brian Leddin [*]	Conor Sheehan	Elisa O'Donovan	Ruairí Fahy	Esther Ahern	Sarah Beasley	Melanie Cleary Frankie Daly Michelle Hayes Dean Lillis	Dean Quinn (IP)
Limerick County [32] (3 seats)	Bridie Collins Niall Collins [*]	Joanne Collins	Patrick O'Donovan [*] Noreen Stokes	Rob O'Donnell			Laura Fahey	Richard O'Donoghue [*]	Michael Ryan	Jim Barrett Richie Crehan April Sheehan Corkery	Donna O'Loughlin (IFP) Lorraine O'Sullivan (IP) Gerben Uunk (PAW)
Longford–Westmeath [33] (5 seats)	Dympna Cunniffe Joe Flaherty [*] Robert Troy [*]	Barry Campion Sorca Clarke [*]	Peter Burke [*] Tanya Cannon Micheál Carrigy [#]	Carol Okeke	Fidelma Bennett		Dave Smyth	Paul Hogan	Laura O'Neill	Paul Bradley Louise Heavin Donal Jackson Charlotte Keenan Kevin "Boxer" Moran [‡] Gerry Warnock	Margaret Alacoque Maguire (IF)
Louth [34] (5 seats)	Alison Comyn Erin McGreehan [#]	Joanna Byrne Ruairí Ó Murchú [*] Antóin Watters	Paula Butterly John McGahon [#]	Marianne Butler	Ged Nash [*]	Niall McCreanor	James Renaghan	Ryan McKeown	Michael O'Dowd	David Bradley David Brennan Kevin Callan Thomas Clare David Carroll Albert David Byrne Alan Fagan Peter-James Nugent Tracy O'Hanlon	Hermann Kelly (IFP) Derek McElearney (IP)
Mayo [35] (5 seats)	Dara Calleary [*] Lisa Chambers [#]	Rose Conway-Walsh [*] Gerry Murray	Alan Dillon [*] Mark Duffy Martina Jennings Keira Keogh	Mícheál Boxty Ó Conaill			Joe Daly	Chris Maxwell	Paul Lawless	Sean Forkin Stephen Kerr Gerry Loftus Patsy O'Brien
Meath East [36] (4 seats)	Thomas Byrne [*] Caroline O'Reilly	Darren O'Rourke [*] Maria White	Helen McEntee [*] Sharon Tolan	Ruadháin Bonham	Eilish Balfe		Clara McCormack		Emer Tóibín	Charles Bobbett Joseph Bonner Sivakumar Murugadoss Gillian Toole Raymond Westlake	Carolyn Fahy (PAW) Jean Murray (NP) Barbara Reid (LR)
Meath West [37] (3 seats)	Aisling Dempsey	Johnny Guirke [*]	Linda Murray Nelson	Séamus McMenamin	Sandy Gallagher	Ronan Moore	Finbar Lynch		Peadar Tóibín [*]	Noel French Damien Reilly	Ben Gilroy (LR) Ian McGauley (IP)
Offaly [38] (3 seats)	Tony McCormack Claire Murray	Aoife Masterson	John Clendennen	Pippa Hackett [#]			Keishia Taylor	Fergus McDonnell	Maureen Ward	Mike Boylan Eddie Fitzpatrick Carol Nolan [*]
Roscommon–Galway [39] (3 seats)	Martin Daly	Claire Kerrane [*]	Dympna Daly Finn Aisling Dolan [#]	Martina O'Connor			Andrew Mannion	Michael Fitzmaurice [*]	Cormac Ó Corcoráin	Vincent Beirne Eugene Murphy [#]	Alan Sweeney (IP)
Sligo–Leitrim [40] (4 seats)	Edel McSharry Paddy O'Rourke Eamon Scanlon [‡]	Martin Kenny [*] Chris MacManus	Frank Feighan [*]	Bláithín Gallagher	Nessa Cosgrove		Gino O'Boyle	Michael Clarke Caroline Corcoran	Graham Monaghan	Marie Casserly Des Guckian Marian Harkin [*]	Molly Candon (PAW) Michael Kelly (IFP)
Tipperary North [41] (3 seats)	Ryan O'Meara Michael Smith	Evan Barry Dan Harty	Phyll Bugler	Iva Pocock	Alan Kelly [*]		Diana O'Dwyer		Francis O'Toole	Michael Lowry [*] Liam Minehan Justin Phelan Jim Ryan	Peter Madden (IP)
Tipperary South [42] (3 seats)	Imelda Goldsboro	Martin Browne [*]	Michael Murphy	Myriam Madigan	Michael Brennan			Nadaline Webster	Rosemary McGlone	Bill Fitzgerald Séamus Healy [‡] [d] Mattie McGrath [*] John O'Heney	John McGrath (NP)
Waterford [43] (4 seats)	Mary Butler [*]	David Cullinane [*] Conor D. McGuinness	John Cummins [#]	Marc Ó Cathasaigh [*]	Sadhbh O'Neill	Mary Roche	Patrick Curtin		Ronan Cleary	Frank Conway Aaron Joyce Killian Mangan Mark O'Neill Melissa O'Neill Matt Shanahan [#]	John D. Walsh (IP)
Wexford [44] (4 seats)	James Browne [*] Michelle O'Neill	Johnny Mythen [*]	Cathal Byrne Bridín Murphy	Peadar McDonald	George Lawlor		Martina Stafford		Jim Codd	Verona Murphy [*] Jackser Owens Michael Sheehan	Jason Murphy (NP) Stephen Power (IP) Mick Wallace (I4C)
Wicklow [45] (4 seats)	Stephen Donnelly [*]	John Brady [*]	Simon Harris [*] Edward Timmins	Steven Matthews [*]	Paul O'Brien	Jennifer Whitmore [*]	Kellie McConnell		Ciarán Hogan	Joe Behan [‡] Rob Carry Shay Cullen Philip Dwyer Charlie Keddy Sean O'Leary Gerry O'Neill Dominic Plant	Michaela Keddy (IP)
Wicklow–Wexford [46] (3 seats)	Malcolm Byrne [#] Pat Kennedy	Fionntán O Súillebháin	Brian Brennan	Ann Walsh			Aislinn O'Keeffe	Frances Lawlor	Sinéad Boland	Peir Leonard Ilsa-Maria Nolan

1. Affiliated with the National Alliance.
2. Affiliated with the Workers' Party.
3. The sitting Sinn Féin TD and the Social Democrats councillor running in this constituency are both named Eoin Ó Broin.
4. Affiliated with Workers and Unemployed Action.

References

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38. "Notice of Poll". Offaly Returning Officer. 18 November 2024.
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